Analysis of Arab-Sassanid Coins of Dūkohak Village Shelter of Arsanjan, Fars

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1 MA of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Payame Noor University, Safashar Branch, Fars, Iran

3 Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Numismatic study of Arab-Sassanid coins can be a turning point in the numismatic study of Both Sassanid and Islamic era. It provides us with extensive information about victories, conquerors, governors, political and administrative geography and etc. General motifs, themes, writings, and pictures on the coins show no different with the Sassanid Dirhams but according to the inscriptions they date back to the first centuries of lunar calendar and categorized as Arab-Sassanid coins. In winter 2012, Vali Zareie found 4 coins in a small shelter at Dūkohak, a small village near the town Arsanjān. The coins had undergone some erosion during the course of time. 2 of them were minted at Bishāpur and Dārābgerd in 34 and 75 A.H which carry the name of Muslim governers Abdollah-ibn-Amer and Mohleb-ibn-Abisofreh in Pahlavi alphabet. The other 2 do not have any Arab governers’ name and the name of Khosrow II (Khoasro Parviz) is readable on them in Pahlavi alphabet; they were minted in 33 and 50 A.H at Jay and Nahāvand. In the following research beside defining the spot where the coins are found the historical geography of the location Dašr-e Tavābec-e Arsanjān and Dūkohak village within Sassanid time and the first centuries of Islamic era, plus the location where they are minted will be studied.

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Ancient Iranian studies
Volume 2, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
January 2023
Pages 55-75

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  • Receive Date: 28 October 2022
  • Revise Date: 22 November 2022
  • Accept Date: 27 November 2022

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